The English take and do nothing.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— to get into one’s hands or into one’s possession, power, or control
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Macmillan
— to move something or someone from one place to another
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Collins
— You can use take followed by a noun to talk about an action or event, when it would also be possible to use the verb that is related to that noun. For example, you can say ‘she took a shower’ instead of ‘she showered’.
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Other Word Forms
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takes
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Usage
87 uses of ‘take’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster